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Peakboard is aimed at mid-sized and larger production and logistics companies, primarily in DACH and the US. Typical users are OPEX managers, lean managers, digitalisation leads and production managers. The focus is on companies that want to bring together machine data and business-team applications without large classic IT projects.

BI solutions such as PowerBI are usually already implemented in companies and can automatically process complex data analyses and historical data. However, they are rather unsuitable for recording and presenting real-time and process data and usually require a complex IT project. This in turn makes them complex and inflexible — subsequent changes, for example, are very difficult to implement. This is where Peakboard comes in: Low-code operational intelligence platforms are characterized by their ease of use. This allows even users without in-depth IT knowledge to develop and adapt applications. In addition, Peakboard analyses data in real time and enables companies to intervene directly in ongoing processes. The high level of flexibility enables rapid adaptation to changing requirements or feedback loops.

Yes, very thoroughly. With the free Peakboard Designer you can build your project without functional restrictions and test it in preview mode with real data. You can even connect your laptop via HDMI to a monitor or touchscreen and work with the team on the target device. After 30 minutes a notification banner interrupts the preview mode. For permanent operation on a screen, you need a Peakboard Box or a BYOD licence.

No – and that has nothing to do with being sceptical about AI. Quite the opposite: AI-assisted building is already part of Peakboard. You describe what you need in a prompt and get a finished Peakboard project. The difference is what the result is built for.

A generic AI generates a slick web app that lives in a browser tab. On the factory floor, that is the wrong shape:

• It runs at the workplace, not in a browser tab. Peakboard runs locally on the Box or tablet right at the line – with direct access to scanners, RFID/NFC readers, foot switches, label printers and andon lamps.
• Industrial data is not REST and JSON. OPC UA, S7, Modbus, SAP, MQTT, SQL and historians bring sessions, subscriptions and automatic reconnect – all built into Peakboard. The AI wires up existing tags instead of fragile middleware.
• Built to run continuously. Full-screen, automatic recovery, last-known state kept on screen when the network blips – not the lifecycle of a tab someone might close.
• On-premises by default. Designer and runtime both stay inside the plant. Nothing leaves the facility unless you deliberately send it out.
• Maintainable, not a black box. The output is a normal Peakboard project that your team can open, adjust and extend in the Designer – even after staff changes. No web stack, no per-app cloud bill.

In short: AI does not replace Peakboard – Peakboard puts AI in the right place.

Read more in the blog post: Industrial Vibe Coding: What Generic AI App Builders Miss on the Shop Floor.

Over 100 out-of-the-box interfaces, including: SAP (certified, incl. EWM, ECC, MES, MII, S/4 HANA), OPC UA, MQTT, Siemens S7, Beckhoff, Rockwell, Modbus, MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, REST APIs, ODBC, Power BI, Qlik, Tableau, IBM Cognos, Excel, SharePoint, OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, CSV, JSON, XML, OData.

Peakboard GmbH was founded in Stuttgart in 2016 and spun off in 2022 as an independent company from Theobald Software, a long-established SAP interface vendor. The company serves over 300 customers in DACH and the US and operates from multiple locations. Peakboard America Inc. was founded in Chicago in 2022.